Unit 1 Study guide

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Across
  1. 4. the reason the act is being performed;the intened outcome of the moral act
  2. 7. a metaphysical position that holds ideas to be the most fundamentally real aspect of reality
  3. 11. a metaphysical position that holds physical matter to be the most fundamentally real aspect of reality
  4. 12. the position that holds that there are no obejective or universal moral truths to govern our morality
  5. 15. One's value system
  6. 18. the pertinent background information that provides the context for the meaning of the moral act
  7. 19. the act itself; the actually action being performed
Down
  1. 1. the position that holds that there are objective and universal moral truths that can govern our morality
  2. 2. an epistemological position that holds that true and valid human knowledge comes from the five sense perceptions
  3. 3. A field of study whose chief aim is to arrive upon rules or laws
  4. 5. the study of human nature. It seeks to understand universal aspects of human nature that define who we are as creatures.
  5. 6. an epistemological position that holds that true and valid knowledge comes from the human mind's ability to grasp ideas and concepts
  6. 8. the position that holds that all events, including human action, are dictated by and predicted from the laws of nature
  7. 9. The study of the fundamental characteristics of reality
  8. 10. the study of human knowledge. It asks what and how humans can know
  9. 13. comes from Greek root words meaning "love" and "wisdom"
  10. 14. the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act and so to perform deliberate actions on one's responsibility
  11. 16. a metaphysical position that attempts to combine and connect materialism and idealism into one coherent view of reality
  12. 17. Critical reflection upon one's value system